Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Meet author/illustrator Kadir Nelson

From We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
This Friday, October 14 from 3:30 to 4:30 PM.

Discover how this award-winning author and illustrator creates his books! Kadir Nelson has made nearly thirty books for children. His paintings invite us into stories of famous and not-so-famous people. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom and Henry's Freedom Box received coveted Caldecott honors. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball won a Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor. His newest book is Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans.

Books will be available for purchase and autographing. Sign up is required. For ages 9 and older.

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